A German privacy regulator suspended its probe of Facebook Inc. (FB)’s facial-recognition features pending an Irish audit of how the social-media company handles personal data.
Hamburg’s data-protection authority said it will wait for Facebook to negotiate with Ireland’s privacy regulator before deciding whether Facebook complies with rules for using biometric data in an application that suggests people to tag in photos on the social-networking site.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Germany will wait on Irish investigation of Facebook Facial Recognition
German Regulator Suspends Facebook Facial-Recognition Probe (Bloomberg)
